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Memorial details

Memorial type
Allegory (eg: Victory)
District
City Of London
Town
City of London
County
Greater London
Country
England
Commemoration
War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
11744

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Current location

St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Churchyard
City of London
City Of London
Greater London
EC4M 8AD
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 32035 81148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
In the South Transept, over entrance to the Crypt, an elaborate group in high relief: Valour lays an American flag on the tomb of Ross upon which Britannia is recumbent in years. Fame descends with a laurel to crown his bust. Carved marble wall panel of horizontal format (width approximately one and a quarter times height) carved with figures in high relief of a naked man and two female allegories around a bust of the commemorated. On the left a naked man with a lion's skin around his loins, a club at his foot, his left knee resting on the base, pulls at the drapery beneath the bust. On the right, below, a woman in a plumed helmet and long mantle (Britannia), a shield behind her, crouches before the plinth. Behind a bare-breasted female angel holds a palm branch and a semi-circular wreath over the bust. The bust stands on a plinth with rounded outline; it represents a man, his head looking directly forward, in Roman drapery. Behind to the right is a standard and the main inscription is on the podium below.
Inscription
ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE TO THE MEMORY / OF MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT ROSS, / WHO HAVING UNDERTOOK AND EXECUTED AN ENTERPRISE / AGAINST THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, THE CAPITAL OF / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHICH WAS CROWNED / WITH COMPLETE SUCCESS WAS KILLED SHORTLY / AFTERWARDS WHILE DIRECTING A SUCCESSFUL ATTACK / UPON A SUPERIOR FORCE NEAR THE CITY OF / BALTIMORE ON THE 12TH.DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1814
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Ross, Robert
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Commemorations
  • War of 1812 (1812-1815)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL by BURMAN, PETER P. 160 Source: Image Library NIWM
  • DICTIONARY OF BRITISH SCULPTORS 1660 - 1851 by GUNNIS, RUPERT P.226-227 Source: Image Library NIWM Published:MURRAYS SALES AND SERVICE CO. 1968 LONDON
  • St Paul's Cathedral Inventory No.185

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